Baltimore City and Prince George’s County, two jurisdictions hardest hit by covid-19 in the region, this week strongly urged residents to wear masks indoors but stopped short of issuing mandates.
Baltimore City and Prince George’s County, two jurisdictions hit hardest by covid-19 in the region, this week urged residents to wear masks indoors but stopped short of issuing mandates. Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties haven’t recommended any changes.
“It certainly seems like local government officials everywhere have totally given up on the idea of public health interventions to slow the spread,” said Eric Toner, a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“The risk assessment and risk trade-off — different people are making different assessments,” Stoddard said.The surge in infections is already probably higher than publicly reported throughout the region and is likely to climb, experts say.
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